Penguin's air conditioning maintenance service ensures that your systems continue to provide optimum indoor climate control. Our qualified technicians carry out a series of standard inspection tests and maintenance services for indoor and outdoor units:

Checking pipework seals and electrical connections

Cleaning all filters and moving parts

Testing all operational modes

Sanitising & freshening the system

Further services

For ducted-type systems, we also offer a comprehensive fumigation and cleansing service using purpose-designed equipment to spray a chemical mist throughout all ductwork. Suitable for ducted systems commonly found in hospitals, hotels and other public buildings, this disinfects bacteria (e.g. Legionella), fungal growth and viruses.

MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS

Our inspection can detect and correct potential failures either before they occur or before they develop into major defects. The Algarve is unique in the fact that a lot of residences are holiday homes and air conditioning units are inactive for most of the year which can cause problems such as clogged up filters and refrigerant leaks.

Our customers often ask what is the difference between "maintenance" and "repair". Our maintenance contract is designed to detect or prevent a fault from occuring. But air conditioning units have a lot of mechanical parts and faults will occur over time, despite our best efforts - and this is where "repairing" comes in. Repairing is when we are called out, or have contacted the customer as a result of a maintenance inspection, to fix a fault. Our commercial maintenance contracts have a preferential clause which waives the callout charge if a fault is detected - of course we still have to charge for time and materials, but we do not undertake any repair without calling the customer first.

Our proactive maintenance contracts are ideal for Villa Managment companies, as everything is in perfect working order when the owner arrives.

We perform the following tests for each unit:

Cycle through the modes of operation to ensure correct working order.

Clean all internal and external unit filters

Clean all external unit condenser fins

Check water condensate drainage and clear all blockages

Check for refrigerant leaks

Check all electrical wiring and fuse boxes for faults

The advantage of regular maintenance inspection is that it can:

Detect and correct potential failures, either before they occur, or before they develop into major defects

Detect any hazardous or damaging situation such as faulty or crumbling wiring and water leakages which can cause condensation and structural damage to your villa.

Extend the average lifespan of the unit beyond the normal 6-7 years

Increase the efficiency of the units which saves energy (and money)

Maintain optimum working conditions (dirty filters and low condenser refrigerant can reduce the capability of air conditioning units by as much as 40%)